The influence of bed-sharing on infant physiology, breastfeeding and behaviour: A systematic review

Baddock, Sally; Purnell, Melissa T.; Blair, Peter S; Pease, Anna; Elder, Dawn; Galland, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2018.10.007

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“…Again, this may be a wider parenting style choice; mothers who plan to co‐sleep during pregnancy are also more likely to plan to breastfeed (Ball et al, ). However, infants who co‐sleep feed more frequently than infants who sleep separately, suggesting that bed sharing may promote responsive night time feeding (Baddock et al, ; McKenna, Mosko, & Richard, ). Practically, this is likely due to proximity and ease of access to the breast.…”

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“…However, infants who co-sleep feed more frequently than infants who sleep separately, suggesting that bed sharing may promote responsive night time feeding (Baddock et al, 2019;McKenna, Mosko, & Richard, 1997). Practically, this is likely due to proximity and ease of access to the breast.…”

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“…In terms of sleep, we know that infants are safest sleeping in the same room as their mother, reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Ball & Volpe, 2013;Tappin, Ecob, & Brooke, 2005). Sleeping close to the mother also helps to regulate infant breathing, heart rate, and temperature (Baddock et al, 2019). Sleeping and breastfeeding are also interlinked.…”

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The association between baby care books that promote strict care routines and infant feeding, night‐time care, and maternal–infant interactions

Harries

Brown

2019

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Baby care books that promote strict infant care routines are popular, but little research has considered their impact upon maternal infant care behaviours. We explored whether mothers who have read these books guide their infant care behaviours based on their concepts and how this is associated with infant feeding, night‐time care, and response to infant's needs. Three hundred and fifty‐four U.K. mothers with a baby aged 0–12 months completed an online questionnaire exploring use of baby care books, motivations for use, whether guidance was followed, and infant care behaviours. Mothers who read the books were drawn to them for information about how to settle their infant, infant sleep, and infant feeding behaviour. Those who read the books were less likely to breastfeed, feed responsively, have their infant sleep in the same room, cuddle their infant to sleep, or respond promptly to infant cries. Although the causality between reading these books and care cannot be determined through this study design, and is likely bidirectional with some reading the books to confirm existing preferences, around 25–40% of mothers noted the information determined their care decisions. Regardless of specific causal pathways, there is an association between these books and behaviours that go against infant feeding and responsive care recommendations. Understanding what drives mothers to follow these books and increasing support for new mothers in these areas is important. The findings will be important for those supporting mothers in the perinatal period in starting conversations around responsive infant care.

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Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…A more comprehensive recent review emphasizes contextual rather than inherent risk (Baddock et al. ).…”

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Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep

Ball

Tomori

McKenna

2019

American Anthropologist

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This article provides a novel synthesis of anthropological research on infant sleep, focusing on work in biological and sociocultural anthropology in the past decade. First, we briefly review early biological anthropological research into infant sleep from 1987 to 2007, which provided the evidence base for the argument that proximate parent-infant sleep combined with lactation represents a complex set of adaptations that constitute the human evolutionary norm. This work challenged the Western pediatric infant sleep research paradigm, which positioned formula-or bottle-fed solitary sleeping infants as the basis for research and universal models about human infant sleep. Next, we address how recent research has built on these foundations and extended anthropological insights into new aspects of infant sleep. Biological anthropologists, who continue to lead this research, have advanced into the hormonal and behavioral ecology of parent-infant sleep and trade-offs in nighttime care and parent-infant conflict. Moreover, they have made significant progress in translating anthropological research into policy and practice in clinical and health delivery settings. Until recently, sociocultural anthropology has primarily addressed infant sleep as part of broader endeavors, without an explicit focus on infant sleep. We highlight key ethnographic works that shed light on the cultural normalcy and interembodied experience of shared maternal-infant sleep with breastfeeding that help de-center Western discourses of infant sleep. We conclude by discussing future research agendas to forward an integrated anthropology of human infant sleep that considers its full biological and sociocultural context. Integrated anthropological approaches to infant sleep not only present a path forward for novel cross-subfield anthropological research but could help guide more effective and equitable approaches to maternal-infant health. [nighttime care, parenting, infancy, sleep]RESUMEN Este artículo provee una síntesis novedosa de la investigación antropológica sobre el sueño de infantes, enfocándose en el trabajo en antropología biológica y sociocultural en la década pasada. Primero, brevemente revisamos la investigación antropológica biológica temprana en el sueño de infantes desde 1987 a 2007, la cual proveyó la evidencia base para el argumento que el sueño padres-infante cercano combinado con la lactación representa un complejo conjunto de adaptaciones que constituye la norma evolucionaria humana. Este trabajo reta el paradigma occidental de la investigación pediátrica en el sueño de infantes, el cual posiciona los bebés durmiendo solitarios alimentados con fórmula o biberón como la base de la investigación y modelos universales acerca del sueño de infantes humanos. Luego, abordamos cómo la investigación reciente ha construido sobre estas bases y extendido los conocimientos antropológicos en nuevos aspectos del sueño de infantes. Antropólogos biológicos, quienes continúan liderando esta investigación, han avanzado en la ecología hormonal y co...

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“…Baddock et al 2019;Ball 2006;Mobbs et al, 2016;McKenna & Gettler, 2016).As can be seen, there have been a number of studies done over the past 20 or more years,attempting to look at the relationships of maternal/caregiver sleep, hazardous risk factors, breastfeeding, and infant death. Many are limited by poor or inadequate data collection (e.g., unclear where baby was positioned and in what position-bed, sofa, at the time of death or what part of the night); confounders like cigarette smoking, drug and alcohol use not collected; and…”

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An Integrated Analysis of Maternal-Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research Supporting a Balanced Discourse

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Breastfeeding and the place of sleep for the mother and the infant have been controversial internationally due to reported concerns regarding infant deaths despite the known benefits of exclusive and prolonged breastfeeding, which are increased by breastfeeding at night. The aims of this integrated analysis were to (a) review breastfeeding and maternal and infant sleep research literature via historical, epidemiological, anthropological, and methodological lenses; (b) use this information to determine where we are currently in safeguarding both infant lives and breastfeeding; and (c) postulate the direction that research might take from this point forward to improve our knowledge and inform our policy and practice. Despite well-meaning but unsuccessful campaigns in some countries to dissuade parents from sleeping with their babies, many breastfeeding mothers and caregivers do sleep with their infants whether intentionally or unintentionally. Taking cultural contexts and socio-ecological circumstances into consideration, data supports policies to counsel parents and caregivers on safe sleep practices, including bed-sharing in non-hazardous circumstances, particularly in the absence of parental smoking, recent parental alcohol consumption, or sleeping next to an adult on a sofa. Further research with appropriate methodology is needed to drill down on actual rates of infant deaths, paying close attention to the definitions of deaths, the circumstances of the deaths, and confounding factors, in order to ensure we have the best information with which to derive public health policy. Introduction and use of the concept of “breastsleeping” is a plausible way to remove the negative connotations of “co-sleeping” and redirect ongoing data-driven discussions and education of best practices of breastfeeding and sleep.

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The influence of bed-sharing on infant physiology, breastfeeding and behaviour: A systematic review

Cited by 46 publications

References 101 publications

The association between baby care books that promote strict care routines and infant feeding, night‐time care, and maternal–infant interactions

The association between baby care books that promote strict care routines and infant feeding, night‐time care, and maternal–infant interactions

Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep

An Integrated Analysis of Maternal-Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research Supporting a Balanced Discourse

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